(Biology major Emma Lederer, a rising senior at Providence College, is conducting research in Professor Jack Costello’s lab for her third Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) with Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR. Here, Lederer continues the series of blog posts she launched last summer during her research fellowship to share her perspectives and develop her science communication skills.) […]
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SURF’s up 2017: Rhode Island undergrads in research
Research fellow: Evelyn Siler Hometown: Hopkinton, RI School: University of Rhode Island Major: Cell and Molecular Biology; Biochemistry concentration On a recent cold and overcast morning, Evelyn Siler, a rising senior in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS), stretched out on a Snug Harbor dock and hung over the side to collect […]
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Research fellow: Gabrielle Kuba Hometown: West Haven, Conn. School: Salve Regina University Major: Biology Those large, stinky mats of green algae that cover the beaches and smother the water in the heat of summer? Gabrielle Kuba, a rising senior, has spent the past three years helping investigate the source of the harmful algal blooms in […]
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Research fellow: Danielle Jordan Hometown: Cumberland, RI School: University of Rhode Island Major: Marine Biology A rising senior in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS), Danielle Jordan confidently works her way around the tanks in the Blount aquaculture lab at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. She empties the tanks of water […]
Continue reading "SURF’s up 2017: Rhode Island undergrads in research"6/14/2017: Going with the flow
Uniquely positioned at the interface between Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound, the Marine Science Research Facility offers direct access to flowing seawater which can be raw, filtered, heated, or chilled. Seawater facility manager Ed Baker and assistant manager Alicia Zyer talk about the breadth and depth of research supported by this RI NSF EPSCoR […]
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Most people see clumps of seaweed on the beach and head the other way. Not Lindsay Green, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Rhode Island, in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences. Green talks with Research Stories about all things seaweed, from her research on harmful algal blooms to using the marine […]
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It sounds cliche, but Dale Leavitt, associate professor of biology at Roger Williams University and RI EPSCoR researcher, truly is happy as a clam. He teaches and mentors undergraduate students, spends summer days on the boat, resolving shellfish issues for the fishing and aquaculture industries, and reaps the bounty of his work for dinner.
Continue reading "5/31/2017: The Shellfish Life"SURF experience confirms career path for young scientist
“SURF gave me the clarity to know what I wanted to do. If I hadn’t gotten into the program, I probably would have taken a year off to figure things out. But, because of SURF, I got a chance to work in research and I came to the realization earlier.” When University of Rhode Island […]
Continue reading "SURF experience confirms career path for young scientist"Microbiologist’s work rides crest of technology
Imaging to sequencing, 45-year career spans field’s advances As Paul Johnson, manager of the RI Genomics and Sequencing Center (GSC) at University of Rhode Island (URI), heads into retirement at the end of May, he leaves both a field vastly changed in his time and a promising legacy for the future of Ocean State research. Sitting […]
Continue reading "Microbiologist’s work rides crest of technology"Tracking tiny bits of plastic
UK scientist details marine pollution impact on food web The evidence of our throwaway society spreads from coastal beaches and waterways to the North Pacific Ocean garbage patch and down to the sediment of the world’s ocean floors. “Plastic pollution is such an ubiquitous problem, we don’t see it or consider it as pollution,” observed ecotoxicology […]
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